The Lemonade Stand is about a boy called Benny and his grandfather who has not changed socks since he was a kid. They ran a lemonade stand outside of their house and it was very successful. I enjoyed this short film as it was interesting and funny to watch. The different character used and the stories behind them made the film very interesting to watch. At the end of the film the grandfather washed his 70 year old socks into a glass and then the man who allegedly worked for the council drank the glass full of sock juice. Benny and his grandfather later found out that the man did not work for the council and just wanted to be friends with them. This short film was enjoyable as it had a twist at the end which changed my perspective of the film.

Drama Assignment final one to be marked- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc1eQnu1f6o

Drama Assignment second edit not to be marked-

Scene One – (Leith is walking through the bush; video fades into scene two) No talking.

Scene Two – Hugo/Leith/Felix – Introduction of themselves.

Hugo – Leith how do you think you’ve been going this semester.

Leith – Yea alright.

Hugo – Leith may you leave the room.

(Leith leaves)

Hugo – Felix your son isn’t doing so well and I recommend he leaves this school as he may fit better somewhere else.

Scene Three – (Flashback to the moment leith is running away:he is having a fight with felix who is his dad out the front of a house)

Leith – I don’t feel safe here

Felix – Too bad get inside

Leith – I don’t want to go inside, you’ll hurt me again

Felix – Get inside and you’ll find out! 

Leith – I hate you! (runs away)

Scene 4 (present)

(Leith is learning how to survive in the bush. Doing activities such as trying to start a fire.)

No audio just thrilling music.

Scene 5  – 

Felix – Goes to police files missing report 

Josh – writes details down that felix says.

Hugo – Asks Felix Questions

Scene 6 – 

Hugo and Josh go out looking for Leith in the bush 

Leith sees them but they haven’t seen Leith

Scene 7 – 

Police catch up to leith and bring him home . Leith complains about being taken home.

Leith is saying stuff about hating his family and how he enjoys being out on his own.

Scene 8 – 

Family gets reunited. Felix apologizes for the mistakes he has made. Leith is resentful and is not happy he is home.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Scene 1 – Mid range(as Leith walks into the bush) 

Continuous Mid Range shots with a bit of zooming in and out

Scene 2- Back and forth close-ups as each of the characters speak to each other.

Over the shoulder shots from behind Hugo.

Scene 3- Back and forth close-ups as each of the characters speak to each other.

Scene 4 – Over shoulder shots of Leith walking through the bush. Mid range shots of Leith doing activities such as breaking branches.

Scene 5- Over the shoulder shot walking through police station to file report then while the officers ask questions, the camera is a  close up on the police and when responses are made by Felix it zooms in on Felix.

Scene 6-  Long Range shots of Hugo and Josh walking through bush transitioning back and forth into mid range shots of Leith hiding.

Scene 7- Mid range/over shoulder shots of Hugo and Josh chasing Leith.

Scene 8- Over shoulder shot showing Josh with Leith at the front door of Leiths house.

1. 12 shots were used in the opening scene to give a good sense of the character and the setting that it was in. Using 12 shots gives us more detail than just a few shots.
2. These shots create expectation for the audience as we are learning about the setting and what the character looks like which can give us expectation about the character.
3. In the short film they use many different camera angles and one of the main camera angles shown is a low angle shot. A low angle shot is shown when the soldiers come in trying to look for the children. Having a low angle shot when the soldiers walk in gives them a sense of dominance and power.
4. The point of view shot is used for one of the young boys when he sees the soldiers come in. It shows from his angle of hiding down low and the soldiers walking around. Again this gives the soldiers dominance as the young boys do not want to get caught and are frightened. This has an effect on the audience as a point of view shot makes it feel like you are in the characters position.
5. It is important for film makers to use different camera angles when shooting as it makes the scene more interesting for the audience and creates tension. It is not very interesting just watching a scene with one camera angle as it is in the same position the whole time and it is more engaging to add more shots.

Stephen Spielberg is a world class film director and to be world class he has to use many special techniques and methods. In most of Stephen Spielberg’s films he is using suspense and this is shown by his special way of only showing specific parts of the character and not the whole characters body. Spielberg strongly believes in the film technique of showing not telling as he likes to show what is happening through the characters body and not the character saying what is happening. He uses 2 main techniques to introduce his characters which are fraction and action. The action part consists of the characters personality and moral values. Fraction is only showing a part of a character and not the full body. By using fraction it makes the audience more engaged and more interested to see what is going to happen next.

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Epilogue

The tricks of pantalone were foiled 

Il capitano keeps his spoils 

Colombina left heavy hearted 

While allerchino departed 

Isabella was never told a soul 

And brigella still on the stroll  

Prologue 

In a small italian town a story told 

pantalone the old driven by his gold 

Persuaded by il capitano he was deceived

But the smart colombina surprised 

The confrontational brigella outwitted 

Isabella never alerted 

Arlechino never asserted